bajacalifornian
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We commonly see visuals of Baja here . . .
We commonly see visuals of Baja here. All magnificent captures of culture and nature.
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Sound. There are special sounds in Baja.
Walking neighborhood dirt roads at night, a car approaching sounds same as a car rolling through snow.
Not as much these days, but the sound of a neighbor deep within the palms, lights up his 65 Johnson with it's mellow song.
Birds. For me . . . the vermilions and the morning crocks.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Osprey
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Jeff, not to step on your thoughts, just an etc.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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so rings true amigo...my ears are caressed by the waves rolling onto the beach & rocks...the chuckling ravens, peeping oyster catchers...my
washing machine..jejeje
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bajacalifornian
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The contrary Osprey. I am inviting the same.
Your post is a pleasant surprise. Nice.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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BajaBlanca
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The osprey peeping loudly, the doves cooing, the waves crashing, and when you walk, the bees that burrrr around your ears.
And if you go to the beach with our dog, Rex, he barks incessantly. As well as when we head to the house from our B&B. What's up with that? He
never barks otherwise.
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BajaBlanca
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Very nice read, Osprey!
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DENNIS
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Years ago in the cities, it was the sound, as well as the aroma, of diesel engines in the busses.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Roosters, dog barking, those loud speakers mounted on
an old clunker advertising ? . Smells, wood burning, dust,
tortillas near a tortilleria
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Sounds...boat motor on a black night, seagull politics, the high pitch squeak of the dolphin underwater with your eyes closed, inhale and exhale of
the whale and sea turtle, trophy trucks in the distance, the zing of the line as it peels off the reel, the thump of yellowtail in the cooler.
Smells...Red tide, humid sunrise, Suavetel, Fabulosa, the burn barrel, diesel fuel on a tiled patio, day old bait tank, Herman's Old Spice, desert
rain, over ripe mango, goat cheese.
Taste...sweat dripping off the tip of my nose, biznaga, Coca Cola, Herman's beans, mesquite thorn tooth picks.
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bajadogs
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Wandering up a remote canyon wash, again, my own breath and the unavoidable crunching under my feet. Sometimes I stop and hold my breath waiting for
total silence and my heartbeat reminds me how insignificant I am.
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Skipjack Joe
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The sardinas would sound like raindrops when they leaped out of the water in the early mornings.
The regular woosh, woosh of the water below your panga in the morning as you sped to the fishing spot always brought a sense of anticipation for what
lay ahead.
The feel of cold metal on your bare feet as you stepped into your boat was always part of the experience.
The relief from the sun and a sense of awakening when the shadows start to grow long in the evenings.
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danaeb
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The geckos inside the house chirping away at all hours. How can something so small make such a large noise?
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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bajacalifornian
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Was just reminded by a woodpecker of another sound.
He stops by mornings and plays Pecker Hammer
on the antenna dish.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
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Udo
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I respectfully disagree with the statement that a car going down a dirt road sound the same as a car plowing though snow.
I live in snow country for 33 years...a few inches of snow on the road mutes the car sounds until the car is about 30-40 feet away. All you hear is
the car's engine.
Unless the car has on a set of chains on the drive tires and is on an icy road. But even with chains on and 8" of snow, you can't hear the car until
it's almost on top of you.
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
We commonly see visuals of Baja here. All magnificent captures of culture and nature.
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Sound. There are special sounds in Baja.
Walking neighborhood dirt roads at night, a car approaching sounds same as a car rolling through snow.
Not as much these days, but the sound of a neighbor deep within the palms, lights up his 65 Johnson with it's mellow song.
Birds. For me . . . the vermilions and the morning crocks. |
Udo
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DENNIS
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Not trying to be weird or disrespectful or funny or stupid or anything else, but in times long past, a sensation in Mexico that was only noise to me
at the time, was being immersed in the sounds of Spanish being spoken all around me. It was a mysterious, exotic chatter in my senses, kind of like
standing in the center of a machine shop with no clue as to what the machines were doing.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Howard
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Does the whoosh of the Pacifico bottle being opened count? 
How about one of my favorite sounds, my fishing reel screaming when a yellowtail takes the bait?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
Does the whoosh of the Pacifico bottle being opened count?
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Counts for everything. If sounds paint pictures, this one is a masterpiece.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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bill erhardt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
Does the whoosh of the Pacifico bottle being opened count?
How about one of my favorite sounds, my fishing reel screaming when a yellowtail takes the bait? |
Counts with me.
And the higher frequency scream of a wahoo's first run with the smell of overheated drag washers and reel housing too hot to touch.
300 horses rumbling on the bracket behind the transom slurping down magna at 12 gallons per hour on the way out to the high spot - what better to do
with it.
A well trimmed deep V hull cutting through the chop and coming down hard but not pounding.
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MMc
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I love the offshore wind chatter under my board as I paddle for a wave and how it speeds up as I make the drop.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
Was just reminded by a woodpecker of another sound.
He stops by mornings and plays Pecker Hammer
on the antenna dish. |
Mine play pecker hammer (and I love this expression BTW) on the metal straps that hold the overhead beams on the patio. The first time I heard them I
thought there was a problem with the water pipes in the house. 
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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